Theodore sawyer



(No Model.)

T. SAWYER.

. GATE. No. 578,947. Patented Ma]; 16, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE SAIVYER, OF TOW'ANDA, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 578,947, dated March 16,1897. Application filed February 24, 1896. Serial No. 580,300. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE SAWYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at T0- wanda, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to-make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the gate and itsconnections, and Fig. 2 a detail view of the operating hand-levers.

In the drawings, A represents a swinging gate having the parallelhorizontal pipes a a, the Vertical end pipes at a, the diagonal pipe aand the woven-wire covering a The ends of these pipes are securely heldin the single sockets B and the double ones B, each of said socketsbeing molded in one solid piece and internally threaded to receive theright and left threads of the pipes. I thus form substantial jointswhich will permit no sagging-"whatever in the gate.

0 is the latch-post, and D the hinge-post, while E is a frame at rightangles to the gate when closed. In the posts O O are arranged thecatches c c to receive the latch E, which is provided with an extensionF. This latch and extension consist of a wire having the latch end benttwice at right angles and the other end passed through a vertical bar G.Between this bar and a collar f is arranged a spiral spring II, whichholds the latch in engagement with one of the catches a c. The twovertical flat bars G G are end-bent and fastened to the pipes a a 7 Theend of the latch-rod F is connected with one end of the short arm of acrank-rod I, which is journaled in the bearings 71. h, while the longarm of the rod is right angled and connected by a pivoted rod J' withthe levers K K, which extend out on opposite sides of the gate.

The hinges are long, so that the gate may be adjustable up or down,while there is a short rod L on upper hinge, which fits in one ofseveral post-holes to keep the gate at any desired height.

The levers pull down to open the gate and up to close it.

a is the woven wire, with which I prefer to cover the gate, although ofcourse other material may be employed.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention,what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is-

The combination with a spring-closed gatelatch, of a journaledhorizontal rod having two upwardly-bent arms with terminals extendinghorizontally in opposite directions parallel with the gate,one terminalbeing pivotally connected with the gate-latch and the other with a linkwhich connects it with the hand-levers, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE SAIVYER.

Witnesses:

YANCY M. PowEL, Gusro Johnson.

